Iranian official calls for negotiations with Washington in Iraq

[yota691]

29-04-2019 04:44 PM

Turkey is turning to Iraq after tougher sanctions on Iran

 

 

Baghdad: 
Turkey is looking for ways to increase its purchases of Iraqi oil after the US decision to end the exemptions granted to a group of countries, including Turkey to buy Iranian oil. 
The agency quoted two well-informed sources as saying that Turkey is considering the import of crude oil from the southern port of Basra, in addition to increasing supplies through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which links the Kirkuk fields of Iraq and the Turkish port of Ceyhan overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. 
The agency pointed to the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Chaochoglu Sunday to Iraq, where he met in Baghdad and Basra with Iraqi officials, and on Monday in Erbil met with representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.
After the announcement by Washington to end the exemptions from its sanctions on Iranian oil, Ankara expressed its opposition to the decision, and said the foreign minister said the US decision on Iranian oil has crossed the border, and that his country "opposes such steps and dictates." 
Last week, Turkey announced that it was working with Iran to develop a mechanism to circumvent US sanctions aimed at halting trade with Tehran. Although Turkey has long advocated its eastern neighbor as a strategic necessity, confronting US sanctions could be risky. 
Washington's sanctions on Tehran could have a negative impact on the Turkish economy, which last year entered its first recession in a decade, and the prospect of rising oil prices due to US sanctions on Iran or the risk of confrontation with the United States does not bode well for the Turkish currency, Bloomberg said. She has been in trouble for weeks.

[Butifldrm]

 

Iran's foreign minister accuses US, Mideast of provoking conflict

54,821 views

 

828254SHARESAVE

 

 

 

Fox News

 

Published on Apr 28, 2019

 

 

SUBSCRIBED 2.8M

 

Mohammad Javad Zarif says members of the Trump administration, as well as other countries in the Middle East, are 'dragging the United States into a conflict' with Iran.

 

Remember Iran never Signed The JCPOA!

 

State Department Affirms That Iran Deal Is Only a Political Commitment

By Matthew Weybrecht

 Saturday, November 28, 2015, 2:10 PM

•  
•  
•  
• Omphalos: Middle East Conflict in Perspective

 

In a letter recently released by Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the State Department emphasized that the Iran deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – is not binding under international law. The letter was in response to Pompeo’s inquiry about why the JCPOA transmitted to Congress lacked signatures. The State Department said, in part:

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document. The JCPOA reflects political commitments between Iran, the P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China) and the European Union. As you know, the United States has a long-standing practice of addressing sensitive problems in negotiations that culminate in political commitments.

The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place, as well as Iran’s understanding that we have the capacity to re-impose – and ramp up – our sanctions if Iran does not meet its commitments.

This is not a new development, though it is interesting to see the administration assert it so explicitly. Both Jack Goldsmith and John Bellinger (among others) made this clear when the deal was announced this summer. Jack noted that the deal was not a pure executive agreement but merely a political agreement, which “do[es] not create legally binding obligations, even if [it has] normative force in the political (or moral) context.”And, as John argued, while the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) that implemented some of the terms of the JCPOA is binding under international law, the JCPOA itself is not. Nor does the UNSCR require the U.S. to lift domestic sanctions.

While this issue is not new, it has received some heightened scrutiny in the wake of multiple Republican presidential candidates vowing to repudiate the deal if elected. Marco Rubio, for example, said this very thing in September.

There are two related issues here. First, as noted above, as a political agreement the JCPOA is not binding under international law. The second issue is whether the commitments made in the JCPOA are binding under domestic law. An article in the Atlantic flatly asserted Rubio was wrong, equating the Iran deal to congressionally authorized executive agreements such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, NAFTA, and World Trade Organization.

But the JCPOA is not such an agreement, as the State Department’s letter makes clear. It is only a political commitment. (Mike Ramsey has a fuller explanation here.)  Because the President already had authority under the domestic law to waive sanctions against Iran, there was no need for him to get Congress to change the law. Thus, in implementing the JCPOA by lifting sanctions, the President is essentially telling Iran he will exercise his statutorily authorized discretion to waive the sanctions. A future President could use that same authority to tell Iran he or she is re-implementing the sanctions in the interest of national security. It would be odd to say that President Obama’s use of his statutory discretion to waive sanctions somehow legally prevented a future president from using that same discretion to re-impose sanctions. The law never changed. It still gives the president discretion to apply those sanctions against Iran.

Nor did the Iran Review Act constitute congressional authorization of the Iran deal. It merely delayed the President from waiving sanctions until Congress had a chance to review it; it did not change the underlying law.

As Jack noted, the President and his legal team carefully crafted the deal to get around congressional opposition. The President knew he did not have sufficient congressional support to amend domestic law such that the JCPOA would become legally binding on future presidents. But he also calculated that even under the Iran Review Act, Congress could not muster a supermajority to stop him from using his statutory authority to waive the sanctions. So he settled for what he could get, even though, as his State Department now admits, this is only a political commitment (and therefore does not bind future presidents).

Thus, the next president will stand on solid legal ground should he or she choose to repudiate the deal. Under both international and domestic law, a future president (or this president, for that matter) is not bound to continue waiving sanctions. It is, of course, a separate question whether it is good policy for the United States to repudiate the deal.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/state-department-affirms-iran-deal-only-political-commitment

 

State Department: Iran Deal Is Not ‘Legally Binding’ and Iran Didn’t Sign It

By JOEL GEHRKE

•  
•  

November 25, 2015 12:35 AM

 

Secretary Kerry testies about the Iran nuclear deal, July 28, 2015. (Olivier Douliery/Getty)

President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) obtained by National Review.

“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document,” wrote Julia Frifield, the State Department assistant secretary for legislative affairs, in the November 19 letter.

Frifield wrote the letter in response to a letter Pompeo sent Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he observed that the deal the president had submitted to Congress was unsigned and wondered if the administration had given lawmakers the final agreement. Frifield’s response emphasizes that Congress did receive the final version of the deal. But by characterizing the JCPOA as a set of “political commitments” rather than a more formal agreement, it is sure to heighten congressional concerns that Iran might violate the deal’s terms.

“The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place, as well as Iran’s understanding that we have the capacity to re-impose — and ramp up — our sanctions if Iran does not meet its commitments,” Frifield wrote to Pompeo.

#share#Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discouraged his nation’s parliament from voting on the nuclear deal in order to avoid placing legal burdens on the regime. “If the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is sent to [and passed by] parliament, it will create an obligation for the government. It will mean the president, who has not signed it so far, will have to sign it,” Rouhani said in August. “Why should we place an unnecessary legal restriction on the Iranian people?”

Pompeo cited that comment in his letter to Kerry, but Frifield did not explicitly address it in her reply. “This is not a mere formality,” Pompeo wrote in his September 19 letter. “Those signatures represent the commitment of the signatory and the country on whose behalf he or she is signing. A signature also serves to make clear precisely who the parties to the agreement are and the authority under which that nation entered into the agreement. In short, just as with any legal instrument, signing matters.”

COMMENTS

The full State Department letter is below

https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/11/state-department-iran-deal-not-legally-binding-signed/

[nannab]

2 hours ago, Butifldrm said:

Iran's foreign minister accuses US, Mideast of provoking conflict

 

Cry baby !!!! You Brought it on yourselves 

Thank you Butifldrm   And good night.  

[Desertmedic2009]

3 hours ago, Butifldrm said:

Secretary Kerry testies about the Iran nuclear deal, July 28, 2015. (Olivier Douliery/Getty)

Testies......!  That’s comedy right there!

[yota691]

Saudi Arabia is ready to replace Iran's oil after the end of the exemptions

 

Saudi Energy Minister Khaled Al-Falih in Riyadh. "Reuters"

Arab and international Economy News Baghdad Saudi Arabia is ready to meet the demand of oil consumers by replacing Iranian supplies after the United States ends exemptions for crude buyers from Iran, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Faleh told the Russian news agency in an interview. Al-Falih said the agreement to coordinate levels of world oil production could be decided to extend after June. "We're going to look at global oil stocks - whether it's above or below the normal level and adjust the level of production accordingly, based on what I see now ... I would say there will be some kind of agreement," he told the agency. Views 20   Date Added 30/04/2019

[yota691]

Rohani: Iran will continue to export oil despite US pressure

 

Ruhani in Baghdad. "Reuters"

Arab and international Economy News Baghdad TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will continue to export oil despite US pressure, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said in a televised speech on Tuesday. "The American decision to get Iranian oil exports to zero is wrong and incorrect and we will not allow the implementation of this resolution ... In the coming months, the Americans themselves will see that we will continue our oil exports." Views 46   Date Added 30/04/2019

[yota691]

Trump plans to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization

15:18 - 30/04/2019

0

 

[yota691]

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

APRIL 30, 2019 / 7:24 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

U.S. working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group: White House

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.

“The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked President Donald Trump to make the designation, which Egypt has already done, in a private meeting during a visit to Washington on April 9, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

 

 

After the meeting, Trump praised Sisi as a “great president,” as a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights, efforts to keep him in office for many years and planned Russian arms purchases.

Sisi, who ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 and was elected president the following year, has overseen a sweeping crackdown on Islamist as well as liberal opposition in Egypt.

The Brotherhood came to power in Egypt’s first modern free election in 2012, a year after long-serving autocrat Hosni Mubarak was toppled in the popular uprising. But the movement is now banned, and thousands of its supporters and much of its leadership have been jailed.

Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Franklin Paul

[yota691]

The US administration is working to classify the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization

World | 04:00 - 30/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The White House said on Tuesday that the administration of US President Donald Trump "is working to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization." 
"The administration is working to appoint the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. 
"The president has consulted with the national security team and regional leaders who share his concern," Sanders said. "This classification takes its course through internal procedures." 
The newspaper pointed out that "the Sisi urged Trump to take this step and join Egypt in describing the group as a" terrorist organization, "indicating that" this will lead to economic sanctions on them and the members of their members and the prohibition of travel. 
"She said," Trump reacted positively with the call of Sisi And considered it logical, so that some of his aides considered it "an obligation to that issue."

[yota691]

THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS

30 APRIL 2019 / 09:33 / 4 MINUTES AGO

Iran ranks all American forces in the Middle East as terrorist

 

Reuters Staff

MINUTES TO READ 1

•  
•  

 

 

 

 

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani in Iraq on March 12, 2019. Photo: Abdullah Ziauddin - Reuters

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rowhani signed a bill on Tuesday declaring all US troops in the Middle East to be terrorists and the US government as a sponsor of terrorism.

The bill passed by parliament last week in response to US President Donald Trump's decision to classify Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization.

 

It was not clear how the new law would affect US forces or operations.

According to state media, Rouhani instructed the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armed Forces and the Supreme National Security Council to implement the law.

 

The law specifically classifies the US Central Command as a terrorist organization. The US Central Command is responsible for US military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

The United States has already listed dozens of entities and individuals on the blacklist for belonging to the Revolutionary Guards, but the entire Revolutionary Guards were not included until Trump issued his decision.

[yota691]

Sadr worried about Iraq's money from the US-Iranian conflict

 

 Twilight News    
 11 minutes ago

Keywords: 

[Synopsis]

30 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Sadr worried about Iraq's money from the US-Iranian conflict

 

 Twilight News    
 11 minutes ago

Keywords: 

 

      

 

NOW ALL the RATS ARE PROTESTING KEEPING Bicraqi Iraqi MONEY!!!

 

The Insanian, to INCLUDE Insanian IRGC, SPANCTIONS will ONLY help KEEP Bicraqi Iraqi MONEY IN Iraq FOR the Bicraqi Iraqi's BENEFIT!!!

 

Ah, fagetaboutit!!!

 

I STILL THINK May 2, 2019 AND/OR a FEW DAYS THEREAFTER WILL BE QUITE INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLY UNIVERSALLY BENEFICIAL TO TERMINATE the Insanian, to INCLUDE the Insanian, Corruption AND Terroist Machine WITH MONETARY BENEFITS!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

[dinarin]

Thank you Synopsis ¡  does it smell  RV around  the corner ??.... suddenly ?...we are waiting for that great day ¡¡¡   and of course...  "  ¡¡ Arree Moola Nova ¡¡¡¡  lol ¡¡               ++                                          +++++++++++++++                I "I STILL THINK May 2, 2019 AND/OR a FEW DAYS THEREAFTER WILL BE QUITE INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLYUNIVERSALLYBENEFICIAL 

[Synopsis]

24 minutes ago, dinarin said:

Thank you Synopsis ¡  does it smell  RV around  the corner ??.... suddenly ?...we are waiting for that great day ¡¡¡   and of course...  "  ¡¡ Arree Moola Nova ¡¡¡¡  lol ¡¡               ++                                          +++++++++++++++                I "I STILL THINK May 2, 2019 AND/OR a FEW DAYS THEREAFTER WILL BE QUITE INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLYUNIVERSALLYBENEFICIAL 

 

Oh, YEAH!!! IF It Walks Like An RV, Waddles Like An RV, Quacks Like An RV, Looks Like An RV, AND Smells Like An RV THEN It MUST Be An RV, DinarIn, AND The Very Best Of Your Week To You!!! 

 

Honestly, WHO, pray tell, KNOWS???!!!

 

I FULLY EXPECT Curve Balls NIGH UPON the RV to PREVENT wild speculation THAT WILL TANK OR ELIMINATE the BENEFITS of the RV.

 

SO............................................................

 

Maybe BABY May 2, 2019 AND the rest of Ramadan 2019 WILL COME AND GO WITH NO change IN the Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND RATE.

 

HERE are a HANDFULL of "high" "level" POINTS in my THINKING:

• Former President Tricky visited Mousy Dung IN China in 1972 TO OPEN UP CHINA!!! THEN, ALL kinds of shinanigans IN the Insanian AND Bicraqi Iraqi Sand Box.
• China SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED the Belt AND Road Initiative to ReEstablish the Old, er, NEW Silk Road via the Belt AND Road Initiative THAT HAD BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY LUCRATIVE FOR, LIKIE, EVERYBODY ON THE SILK ROAD!!!
• The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump AND Chinese Prez'dent Xi Jinping ARE "negotiating" THEE "deal" THAT I SURMISE HAS ABOUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH GETTING THE OLD, er, NEW SILK ROAD UP AND RUNNING LIKE WAS STARTED IN 1972!!! The fallout of the "opium" "wars" WAS DEVISTATING SO LEGITIMATE TRADE MUST RESUME!!!
• The Insanian, to INCLUDE the Insanian IRGC, Corruption AND Terrorist Machine IS A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT THAT MUST BE REMOVED AND IS BEING DEALT WITH VIA SPANCTIONS.
• Likie EVERYBODY IS ALL EXCITED AND PLAYING NICE IN AND ABOUT the Sand Box !!!BAM!!! !!!SUDDENLY!!! SO I (NOTE: I) surmise THEY SEE the Old, er, NEW Silk Road A REALITY AND ARE SALIVATING AT THE ASTRONOMICAL BENEFITS!!!
• The Bicraqi Iraqi SIMPLY CAN NOT BENEFIT WITH A "program" "rate" Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar THROUGH the Corrupt Weekday Bicraqi Iraqi CBI Daily Currency Auctions BUT MUST GO TO A REAL TIME REINSTATED Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar TO BENEFIT AND TO HANDLE LIKIE ALL THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE!!!
• Well, OK, SOME OTHER relevant points HERE, TOO!!!

I know, I know, a FEW "pesky" "scheduled" "mile" "stones" APPEAR to BE "in" "the" "way".

 

Maybe BABY SO. Maybe BABY NOT SO.

 

I think the "transition" will be like grinding SOME GEARS RATHER THAT shifting ALL Gears SMOOTHLY. The "necessary" "participants" WILL "institute" "acceptable" "work" "arounds" TO GET THIS BABY MOVING ON DOWN THE OLD, er, NEW SILK ROAD!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

 

P.S. My stinkin' purple trophy AND emerald counter remains topped out......SO.......for now, PLEASE ACCEPT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Edited April 30, 2019 by Synopsis

[Floridian]

21 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

I FULLY EXPECT Curve Balls NIGH UPON the RV to PREVENT wild speculation THAT WILL TANK OR ELIMINATE the BENEFITS of the RV.

 

What?????

How can the "curve balls" eliminate the benefits to wild speculators and not us, too?  

[Synopsis]

2 minutes ago, Floridian said:

 

What?????

How can the "curve balls" eliminate the benefits to wild speculators and not us, too?  

 

Deep Breathe, Floridian, AND The Very Best Of Your Week To You!!! 

 

The "curve" "balls" are SIMPLY a misinformation campaign AND/OR lack of reporting campaign so the wild (GINORMOUS) speculators DO NOT do "instantaneous" "electronic" "trading" OR something LIKIE THAT!!!

 

The "curve" "balls" DO NOT have ANYTHING to do WITH ACTUAL fiz'cal Bone Fide Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar NOTES of ANY current denomination FUTURE VALUE!!!

 

Being a Speculative Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar Investment, the "participant" "comfort" "value" AND/OR "future" "value" "benefit" IS "non" "existant" FOR THEE ACTUAL "implementers".

 

Go Moola Nova!

[Floridian]

38 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

 

Deep Breathe, Floridian, AND The Very Best Of Your Week To You!!! 

 

The "curve" "balls" are SIMPLY a misinformation campaign AND/OR lack of reporting campaign so the wild (GINORMOUS) speculators DO NOT do "instantaneous" "electronic" "trading" OR something LIKIE THAT!!!

 

The "curve" "balls" DO NOT have ANYTHING to do WITH ACTUAL fiz'cal Bone Fide Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar NOTES of ANY current denomination FUTURE VALUE!!!

 

 

Thank Goodness!

I got a little nervous there.

The deep breathing helped a lot.  😊

[Floridian]

IRAN

Published 4 hours ago

Iranian economy collapsing as Trump administration tightens sanctions: report

By Elizabeth Llorente | Fox News

• John Bolton reacts to accusations from Iran's foreign minister

White House national security adviser John Bolton joins Chris Wallace on 'Fox News Sunday.'

Iran’s economy is on the brink thanks to the Trump administration’s sanctions, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Iran is in a deep recession, with inflation at roughly 40 percent, the organization said, marking the highest such level since 1980.

The crisis is intensifying a chasm between President Hassan Rouhani’s allies and those who oppose diplomatic exchanges with the U.S. government, the Financial Times noted.

And Iran’s problems are expected only to worsen once President Trump’s promised sanctions on the leading buyers of the Islamic Republic’s oil take effect. They include Japan, South Korea, Turkey, India and China.

The administration had granted oil sanctions waivers when it re-imposed sanctions on Iran after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

IRANIAN LAWMAKERS CONVENE WITH CHANTS OF 'DEATH TO AMERICA' 

Trump has declared the landmark 2015 agreement “horrible,” leaving the Iranian government flush with cash to fuel conflict in the Middle East. Iran has accused the U.S. of reneging on the nuclear agreement, signed by the Obama administration, and of causing  Iranian economic unrest.

 

Iranians shop at an open market in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran, on April 24, 2019. - Iranians, already hard hit by punishing US economic sanctions, are bracing for more pain after Washington abolished waivers for some countries which had allowed them to buy oil from Iran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSES TRUMP OFFICIALS, MIDEAST ALLIES OF 'DRAGGING' US INTO CONFLICT WITH IRAN

The Trump administration is seeking to further ramp up pressure on Iran by strangling the revenue it gets from oil exports.

The oil sanctions waivers were granted in part to give the countries that had been granted them more time to find alternate energy sources but also to prevent a shock to global oil markets from the sudden removal of Iranian crude.

The Iranian government is responding defiantly.

“The enemy wants to drag us to the negotiating table through economic pressure,” said General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the overseas arm of the hardline Revolutionary Guards, on Monday, according to the Financial Times. “Any negotiations under the current circumstances will be mere surrender and we definitely will not undergo this humiliation.”

 

The IMF noted the U.S. sanctions-- as well as a more sluggish Saudi economy and conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen -- had adversely affected growth in the region.

Rouhani’s problems are by no means just triggered by international forces. Iranians have complained that jobs are harder to come by and the cost of living has risen.

“Every day when I go shopping, I think yesterday I was better off than today,” one woman, identified only as Maryam, told the FT. “I wake up every morning and realize there has been a jump in the price of chicken or a doubling in the price of onions and tomatoes.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/iranian-economy-collapsing-as-trump-administration-tightens-sanctions-report

 

[yota691]

Kurdistan region: severing relations with Iran is difficult and we will abide by the decision of Baghdad

Editorial Date: 2019/4/30 23:14 • 335 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Tehran said that US officials do not want to continue trade and economic relations with Iraq and the Kurdistan region with Iran, and have informed officials in Iraq and the region this.

He added that the severing of these relations is "difficult" indicating that "Iraq has the right to continue its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect its interests and trade." 
The talks and warnings of US officials "include Iraq in most of them and not the Kurdistan region," because the answer of officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government to US officials would be at best: "We will abide by the decisions of Baghdad." 
He said that the Kurdistan Regional Government has followed a balanced and wise policy towards the problems between America and Iran. "The Kurdistan Regional Government dealt in parallel with the two parties, because it knows that it is difficult for them to decide to sever trade relations with Iran unilaterally."
On the export of oil from the Kurdistan region to Iran, Omar said: "The Kurdistan Regional Government has not yet launched a real oil trade with Iran, and is committed to the export of oil through the official methods allowed, and what is the export of small quantities by private companies, The importer is a daily requirement that local refineries can not provide. " 
He pointed out that "the American pressure to stop trade with Iran, targeting most of Iraq and not the Kurdistan region." 
Nazem Omar said that any economic sanctions have a negative impact on the target country, "but Iran has not yet reached the limit of thinking of surrender or collapse, because Iran has a long experience with sanctions." 
On April 22, US President Donald Trump decided to lift the exemption from US sanctions on five countries when buying Iranian oil from next May.
The White House announced that exemptions from the sanctions imposed on Iran and granted to Turkey, China, India, Japan and South Korea will not be renewed when it expires on Thursday. 
This decision aims to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero and deprive Iran of its main source of income. 
Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran after the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal. 
Under a nuclear deal signed with six major powers in 2015, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to monitor and inspect its nuclear reactors in return for easing sanctions.
When the second phase of the US sanctions against Iran began, Iraq, China, India, Italy, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Taiwan were excluded from dealing with Iran, but the US decided not to extend the exemption to any country after May 2, The information available that US officials have been upset during the past period of continuing trade exchange between Iraq and Iran to a high degree, especially the export of oil to Iran by tanks, and have blamed officials in the Kurdistan region because of it.
In the second round of sanctions, which targeted the sectors of banks, industry, metals and the Iranian auto industry, the second phase mainly targets Iran's economic relations and America wants to cut off Iran's relations. With the outside world, and that is why all the US sanctions imposed on Iran have been reactivated since 2012. It ended

[yota691]

Saudi Energy: Riyadh will not rush to compensate for the loss of Iranian crude

Economy | 05:29 - 30/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD balances News  
said Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al - Faleh, Tuesday that Saudi Arabia will not rush to increase the supply of oil to compensate for the loss of Iranian oil because of US sanctions. 
"Saudi Arabia will abide by the Global Agreement on Production Reduction, which may be extended until the end of 2019," Al-Falih said in a press statement. 
He added that "the Kingdom will implement this step after Washington ends the exemptions granted to the buyers of crude from Iran next month." 
"It is important that Russia and the United States have a common position on energy markets to ensure stability," he said. 
The United States decided last week not to renew the sanctions waivers imposed on Iran, which it granted last year to a number of oil buyers from Tehran, following a more aggressive approach than expected.
The Saudi minister's comments came after US President Donald Trump said last week he had spoken to OPEC and called on it to cut prices. 
Commenting on the Trump statement, Al-Falih said Saudi Arabia was ready to meet the demand of oil consumers by compensating for the shortage of Iranian supplies as a result of US sanctions. 
OPEC, Russia and other producers agreed in the so-called "OPEC Plus" alliance late last year to cut output by 1.2 million bpd in a bid to boost prices. 
Oil prices have jumped about 40% since January, supported by OPEC Plus supply cuts along with US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.

[yota691]

Hezbollah dislodges its elements after the spate of Iranian money has stopped

- 32 Minutes Ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The sanctions imposed by the Bush administration on Iran have severely affected the amount of financial support Hezbollah received from Iran, sources close to Hezbollah said.

The financial crisis, which has become known and recognized by the party's circles and its secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, has become serious and confusing, especially after punitive measures imposed by Washington on the party's financial network in the world.

US special envoy to Iran Brian Hawk said in an interview with the Lebanese MTV station that Hezbollah was a terrorist organization and that anyone who believed in material support was under criminal prosecution.

The sources said that the process of mass layoffs within the party's institutions has been underway for several months, that the party is unable to pay the salaries of its fighters in full, and that it adopts a program to pay salaries in part, asking questions about the future of the party within its military circles.

Iran is the largest financial and military backer of Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, with a US official estimating the aid at about $ 700 million a year, according to the Bloomberg report.

Another part of Hizballah's funding came from the Iraqi government, commissioned by Iran either through smuggled oil trade or through the popular mobilization budget. However, Lebanese sources confirmed the suspension of these funds under US pressure since the era of former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

It is believed that Hezbollah's financial crisis limits the scope of its maneuver, both in its domestic political choices and even in the military that Nasrallah has long been waving against Israel or its opponents in Lebanon.

The head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea confirmed that Hezbollah's funding was no longer the same as before, before the United States re-imposed sanctions on Iran.

"The tougher sanctions on Iran are reflected in the funding of Hezbollah," he said in an interview with Al Arabiya television.

"The weakness of the funding certainly affects Hezbollah, it is in large part ideological and ideological, but in another part, its elements are full in large numbers, tens of thousands, and they receive salaries and the party has many social institutions and aid, and thus all affects."

Observers saw that the new language of Hezbollah seeks to dispel any atmosphere that suggests that a war may erupt soon and that it adopts a method whereby it wants to follow Iran's path in its conflict with the United States without risking a position on the language used by Tehran in this context.

Political sources in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah's main constituency and the seam zone with Israel, were quoted as saying that Hezbollah and Iran could no longer fund the civil environment in the south in the event of any confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel as in the 2006 war, Not to mention that the party's public in southern Lebanon is no longer supportive of any "adventure" that the party may do as it did 13 years ago.

Observers pointed to the statements made by some Hezbollah deputies, as well as the platforms of the media party, talking about the calm in the south and the tranquility of the people to respond to the atmosphere of fear of a future war, and also pointed to Nasrallah himself that no data or information that Israel is planning a war against His party.

Observers pointed out that in the absence of the statements Nasrallah made, in which he wanted to assure the party's public and the Lebanese, as well as the international community, that Hezbollah had no intention of engaging in any military operations in response to the US sanctions on Iran, especially from Thursday.

Lebanese political circles said the financial crisis suffered by Hezbollah was striking an important aspect of its power and influence among the Shiite community in Lebanon, and that Shiite businessmen were wary of getting involved in any financial ties with the party that could expose them to US sanctions.

She said it was still under control within the Shiite community, especially in the absence of any political alternatives that could be a haven for the party's public.

She pointed out that the border is still carefully drawn between Hezbollah and the Amal movement led by Speaker Nabih Berri, and that in the absence of clarification of the new political maps, especially on the future of Iran and Syria, the Shiite dual cohesive solidarity positions and interests.

Parliamentary sources said that Hezbollah is seeking to finance the areas of its popular strongholds through the influence it has within the Lebanese government and the municipalities it controls.

The sources added that the party is no longer able to provide services to its public and that it is working on the budget of the ministries and municipalities in an attempt to continue to link this public party according to the rules of loyalty adopted years ago.

Hezbollah experts say the party has become a strategy for Lebanon's survival and future, and that despite its existential relationship with Iran's Wali al-Faqih regime, Tehran's interests in any possible deal with the Americans may narrow the party's reliance on Iranian financing.

They say the party is concerned about reports that several regional files may be withdrawn from General Qassem Soleimani for the government of Hassan Rowhani and the State Department.

The Lebanese parliamentary sources said that some of the party's deputies expressed concern about the ongoing changes in Iraq, especially the openness shown by the Iraqi government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saudi Arabia.

The openness of this openness by political references close to Tehran in Iraq has not been limited to Hezbollah's positions in Lebanon from Saudi Arabia. The sources understood from this atmosphere the feeling of some of the party circles that Iran gives its allies a green light to deal positively with Saudi Arabia in Iraq, with the guidance of the continued launch of the party negative attitudes against Riyadh from Lebanon.

The party's hostility to the Gulf and Saudi Arabia is met with resentment within the Shiite community, especially as it is clear within the community that the party's "surplus power", as well as its wars in a number of countries in the region, especially in Syria, has not benefited from the repercussions of the economic and financial crisis experienced by Lebanon .

Hezbollah has been silenced these days over the austerity measures the Lebanese government intends to take in line with the 2019 budget it seeks to endorse, in contradiction to the party's rhetoric purporting to defend the Shiites and their rights and defend their grievances. In this silence, they considered the party's endorsement of the economic crisis and its solidarity with the Lebanese government to respect the measures and standards that must be complied with under the terms of the Cedar Conference of international donors.

The Arabs

[yota691]

End of the Game: Washington classifies the Brotherhood as terrorists

- 49 Minutes Ago

Washington - The administration of US President Donald Trump is working to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. Observers consider the move to be a natural result of the regional and international climate against radical currents and a broader resistance to terrorism based on its intellectual, spiritual and organizational roots.

The US ban on the group would go beyond the Brotherhood of Egypt to include the branches of international organization in various continents and dismantle its networks, especially in Europe. It also sends strong messages to countries that support these organizations, especially Qatar and Turkey.

The White House said on Tuesday the administration was working to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which could lead to sanctions on Egypt's oldest Islamic political group.

"The president has consulted with his national security team and regional leaders share his concern," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an e-mail message. "This rating takes its course through internal procedures."

Although the White House plan to put the Brotherhood on the black lists still faces some objections to figures in Congress or in important ministries such as the Pentagon, it is based on questions about the impact of the resolution on US national security, and ways to implement it rather than a position in principle.

The campaign in support of the resolution is spearheaded by National Security Advisor John Bolton and Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo at a time when the US administration appears to be more assertive in dealing with Islamist groups and militias in various parts of the world, particularly in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Libya. It extends to include various branches and their partisan, propaganda, charity and financial networks.

The administration discussed the classification of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization shortly after Trump took power in January 2017.

The New York Times said in a report that if Washington actually implemented these plans, this will have wide-ranging consequences for individuals and companies linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that it may reach a ban on travel on individuals and economic constraints.

The US embargo will not stand, especially since Washington has consistently issued sanctions on entities and individuals involved in its decisions, as well as those who cooperate with them, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah or Iraqi militias, as well as with the Revolutionary Guard The Iranian.

Experts in the hardline groups say that the Brotherhood's status on the terror lists will mean forcing countries that still open the door to public and secret movement to deal with them just like al-Qaeda and Daoud, which necessitates the dismantling of social and charitable societies and advocacy, educational and media platforms that usually resort to concealment and camouflage. Context of the empowerment strategy.

The margin of maneuver will be limited to the group as well as to some regional countries that use the Brotherhood branches in the context of internal balances, especially after the Trump administration has shown a strong determination to implement sanctions on the oil sector in Iran and has closed the exceptions. Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon, whose foreign financial transactions are being closely tracked.

Experts note that the US decision will not exclude the regional branches of the group, including groups that have changed their names or abandoned the group's slogans in the context of piety and are keen to appear as a party that believes in political participation and the adoption of civil law.

There is no doubt that the new classification, if adopted American, will become a topic of debate in Europe and that many countries are ready to adopt it and move to implement it as an expected response to the security and social concerns it is experiencing because of the expansion of extremist currents and their transformation into social objects that threaten the unity, culture and values of Western societies. , Which reflected the statements of French President Emmanuel Macaron days ago on political Islam and its danger.

"We're talking about people who, under the cover of religion, have a political project, about the political Islam project that seeks to break away from our republic," McCron said last Thursday. In this particular point, I have asked the Government not to show any complacency. "

France's clarity on political Islam would lead to open eyes on the vast and complex activities of the Muslim Brotherhood networks throughout Europe as well as intercontinental networks, starting from Europe as a safe and free space to expand its activities to the United States, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Analysts say that Trump's strategy is to adopt a counter-terrorism strategy to access and eradicate radical ideas and movements, especially in the Middle East, but the presence in the West of these movements will be a top concern.

They believe Washington will put pressure on its European allies to clamp down on the group, which is similar to its octopus networks in terms of entanglements and their ability to hide. It will also put greater pressure on regional countries that are financially and mediaally supportive of the group and have become safe havens for terrorist-designated leaders and fugitives from judicial decisions in their countries of origin.

At the head of these countries will be Qatar and Turkey, whose relationship with the group has been a direct cause of tension in the relationship with the regional environment.

The group's classification of a terrorist organization may complicate Washington's relationship with Turkey, a US ally in NATO. The group has close ties to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and many members of the group fled to Turkey after a ban on its activities in Egypt.

Turkish political analyst Ilhan Tanir says that with all the other complications between Turkey and the United States now (unlike the F-35 and the S-400 missiles, the situation in northeastern Syria, accusations of human rights violations), the classification of the Muslim Brotherhood will be the latest and most serious blow to bilateral relations. The two countries, if Washington considers Turkey's illegal allies and most importantly in the region as terrorists.

"We do not yet know whether the Trump administration will take steps to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization," Tanir told The Arabs. But the current reports show the position of the US government from this group, and it completely contradicts the Erdogan government's vision of the Brotherhood. "

Attia al-Alani, a Tunisian expert in the hardline movements, said that the American decision carries local and regional implications and implications, even if it was issued. It is in line with Trump's view that radical movements find their roots in the political Islam

In its repercussions on Tunisia, al-Alani said in a statement to Al-Arab that the Ennahda movement would have to deny any relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood organization, but that it would be limited to Arab and international public opinion.

He added that the Renaissance movement, and under the sword of the American decision will do all it can not be expected in the government even if winning the elections 2019 because it knows that difficult days will pass if they open the files of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood

Ghazi al-Shawashi, a leading figure in the democratic trend, played down the implications of the American decision on the Tunisian scene, but considered it a test of the extent to which the Nahdha movement was prepared for change.

He said that in order for the Islamic movements to maintain their existence, they must become civil movements that believe in democracy and carry out reforms, perhaps the most important of which is the abandonment of the employment of religion.

The Arabs

[dinarin]

Added 30/04/2019

 

 

 

yota691     144,413

•  
•  
•  

Posted 13 hours ago

Rohani: Iran will continue to export oil despite US pressure  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++   may be they are thinking by Amazon ..Ebay ... flea markets or swap meet....smart guys  ¡¡¡¡ 

 

[6ly410]

 

 

2019/04/30 17:38

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/169981/كتلة-الإصلاح-تحذر-من-عقوبات-أمريكية-على-أموال-العراق-بالخارج-وتطالب-بحمايتها

The reform bloc warns of US sanctions on Iraq's money abroad and calls for its protection

-----------------------------------

The head of the reform and reconstruction bloc, Sabah al-Saadi, warned on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, of possible US sanctions on Iraq's funds abroad, and called on the Central Bank of Iraq to protect those funds and Iraqi funds from conflicts in the region.

"All necessary measures must be taken by the Central Bank of Iraq and the institutions and other concerned parties to protect Iraqi funds and assets abroad," Saadi said in a statement received by the governor of the Central Bank, Ali al-Alaq, saying that this is a national responsibility. To accomplish them.

The two sides discussed the independence of the Iraqi sovereign decision on its funds and assets and how to protect it from any possible sanctions due to the increasing conflicts in the region, especially between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America.

He gave a detailed explanation of the volume of debt and claims against Iraq's funds and assets abroad and the measures taken to spare Iraq any legal consequences or penalties.

The United States is trying to impose a siege on some countries in the Middle East on various pretexts to entrap them to accept their policies, while these steps triggered international reactions against the harm to the people in the first place.

[6ly410]

Kurdistan region: severing relations with Iran is difficult and we will abide by the decision of Baghdad

Editorial date: 2019/4/30 23:14 •  http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=196777

 

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Tehran said that US officials do not want to continue trade and economic relations with Iraq and the Kurdistan region with Iran, and have informed officials in Iraq and the region this.

He added that the severing of these relations is "difficult" indicating that "Iraq has the right to continue its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect its interests and trade."
The talks and warnings of US officials "include Iraq in most of them and not the Kurdistan region," because the answer of officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government to US officials would be at best: "We will abide by the decisions of Baghdad."
He said that the Kurdistan Regional Government has followed a balanced and wise policy towards the problems between America and Iran. "The Kurdistan Regional Government dealt in parallel with the two parties, because it knows that it is difficult for them to decide to sever trade relations with Iran unilaterally."
On the export of oil from the Kurdistan region to Iran, Omar said: "The Kurdistan Regional Government has not yet launched a real oil trade with Iran, and is committed to the export of oil through the official methods allowed, and what is the export of small quantities by private companies, The importer is a daily requirement that local refineries can not provide. "
He pointed out that "the American pressure to stop trade with Iran, targeting most of Iraq and not the Kurdistan region."
Nazem Omar said that any economic sanctions have a negative impact on the target country, "but Iran has not yet reached the limit of thinking of surrender or collapse, because Iran has a long experience with sanctions."
On April 22, US President Donald Trump decided to lift the exemption from US sanctions on five countries when buying Iranian oil from next May.
The White House announced that exemptions from the sanctions imposed on Iran and granted to Turkey, China, India, Japan and South Korea will not be renewed when it expires on Thursday.
This decision aims to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero and deprive Iran of its main source of income.
Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran after the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal.
Under a nuclear deal signed with six major powers in 2015, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to monitor and inspect its nuclear reactors in return for easing sanctions.
When the second phase of the US sanctions against Iran began, Iraq, China, India, Italy, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Taiwan were excluded from dealing with Iran, but the US decided not to extend the exemption to any country after May 2, The information available that US officials have been upset during the past period of continuing trade exchange between Iraq and Iran to a high degree, especially the export of oil to Iran by tanks, and have blamed officials in the Kurdistan region because of it.
In the second round of sanctions, which targeted the sectors of banks, industry, metals and the Iranian auto industry, the second phase mainly targets Iran's economic relations and America wants to cut off Iran's relations. With the outside world, and that is why all the US sanctions imposed on Iran have been reactivated since 2012. It ended

Edited May 1, 2019 by 6ly410